Edith Rowena Irish, daughter of Henry Pendleton and Eva Rowena Bond Irish, was born in Farina, Ill., Sept. 22, 1884, and died Jan. 25, 1965.
At the age of 12, she dedicated her life to Christ while attending evangelistic meetings conducted by the Rev. E. B. Saunders, was baptized and joined the Farina Seventh Day Baptist Church.
On August 25, 1917, she was united in marriage with Alvin Elverson Babcock and to them a daughter, Elizabeth Rowena, was born. Their remaining years were spent in Southern California and as members of the Riverside Seventh Day Baptist Church. Edith was known as a good samaritan to her church friends, neighbors and to strangers and, with her love of flowers, she often furnished floral arrangements for the Sabbath services and for the sick and shut-ins.
During her later years she was confined to her home and later to a nursing home in Riverside. Funeral services were conducted by her pastor, the Rev. Alton L. Wheeler with interment at the Olivewood Cemetery of Riverside.
Survivors include her daughter, Rowena McIntosh and her grandson, Harry McIntosh. A. L. W.
